Why you should throw away your 1000 count bed sheets

Did you know that the fabrics you choose to sleep in could be impacting the quality and quantity of sleep you’re getting? It’s true, according to Bedgear’s Sleep Expert Lorenzo Turicchia.

Lorenzo explains “air flow is essential to maximizing sleep comfort and getting the most recovery out of the time you spend in bed”. Thus tightly-woven fabrics like high-thread count Egyptian cotton can actually inhibit the flow of air, trapping heat against your body and creating a restless sleep.

The founder of Philé Anna Lavdaras agrees, emphasising the weight and the weave of the fabric as all-important to improving your sleep environment. Philé offers a range of 100 per cent cashmere blankets for adults and cashmere baby blankets, with the option to monogram them with your initials.

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“The same soft hairs that allow the cashmere goat to tolerate huge temperature variations between night and day in the mountains help regulate a human’s temperature too. It’s warm but breathable and can help to prevent overheating,” details Lavdaras.

Cashmere also falls under the ‘natural fibre’ category, which many people still believe is the best choice for bedding, though that is changing as fabric development and design rapidly evolves.

“I am personally a believer that natural is always best, and cashmere is widely considered to be the most luxurious of all the natural fibres – it's been produced in Mongolia, Nepal and Kashmir for thousands of years. The best part is if you take proper care of it, it can last you a lifetime,” says Lavdaras.

There is equally a case to be made for technical fabrics, like those available from Bedgear in which the engineered fabrics are specifically optimized for breathability.

Eugene Alletto, the founder and CEO of Bedgear, looked into this technology back in 2009 when he learned that his son wasn’t sleeping well due to bedding-related allergies. He was advised to use a mattress protector to keep away dust, however at that time, the only products available were made from vinyl which caused his son to sweat and overheat. Bedgear has employed innovators to apply advanced textile fabrication techniques to engineer their line of bedding.

Whichever road you choose, be it natural or engineered, bedding is all important when it comes to getting your best night’s sleep.